Republican congressman Thomas Massie told Politico on Thursday that he could introduce his resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth, the first step in possibly forcing the US defense secretary from office, as soon as Monday. If so, that could set up a House floor vote as soon as next week. If Trump’s going to replace appointees like Hegseth, he should do it while he can still get the replacements confirmed in the Senate,” Massie observed on social media. “Also, my Hegseth impeachment resolution is a much gentler version of what’s coming when Dem’s control Congress. They’ll have hearings & trials.” Faced with the prospect of impeachment and a trial in the Senate, where even many Republicans are critical of his leadership of the Pentagon, Hegseth and his family appeared to launch a coordinated social media campaign to burnish his reputation. The defense secretary, a former Fox weekend host who is married to his former producer there, posted a combative video on social media on Thursday. His br